"Naturepitiless in a pitiless universeis certainly not concerned with the survival of Americans or, for that matter, of any of the two billion people now inhabiting this earth. Hence, our destiny, with the aid of God, remains in our own hands."

-- J. William Fulbright

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“I'd rather be really good at something or not do it at all.”
“With confidence, you have won before you have started.”
“The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.”
“To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood.”

Source : Ben Marcus (2012). “The Flame Alphabet”, p.327, Granta Books
“I would never write something that made me uncomfortable. Im not sure its even possible.”
“Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.”
“I took my father on a coach trip last summer.We were halfway there when the driver lost control of the coach, it flew down a hill around a bend and crashed through a brick wall. I wasn't hurt but luckily my father had the presence of mind to kick my head in.”
“One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man.”

Source : Ellis Peters (2014). “The Heretic's Apprentice”, p.91, Head of Zeus

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